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| PUNCTUATION Non-word markings and symbols used to enhance readability. Deduct one (1) point for each occurrence up to a maximum of five (5) for those features marked with an asterisk (*). | |||
| ___ | ___ | ___ | P1* Misuse/omission of capital letters |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | P2* Misuse/omission of commas |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | P3* Misuse of apostrophe in possessives/contractions |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | P4* Misuse/omission of terminal punctuation |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | P5* Misuse of ellipses |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | P6* Misuse of quotation marks |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | P7* Misuse of colons, semicolons, parentheses, dashes |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | P8 Incorrect hyphenation/ syllabication |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | P9* Incorrect punctuation with quotation marks |
| ___ | ___ | ___ |
subtotal |
| GRAMMAR Basic rules, principles, and practices of composing complete sentences, selecting word forms, and other conventions. Deduct two (2) points for each error up to a maximum of five (5) for items marked (*). | |||
| ___ | ___ | ___ | G1 Misspelled/mistyped words |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | G2 Mixed/incorrect word forms (there/their) |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | G3 Sentence fragment |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | G4 Run-on sentence |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | G5 Subject-verb agreement |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | G6 Pronoun-antecedent agreement |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | G7 Pronoun forms (wrong case, mixed voice) |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | G8 Shifts in number, voice, tense |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | G9 Modifiers (comparative forms, dangling, misplaced) |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | G10 Incorrect verb tense |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | G11 Faulty parallelism |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | G12* Incorrect writing of numbers and numerals |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | G13* Incorrect writing of dates |
| ___ | ___ | ___ |
subtotal |
| STYLE Method of expression in clear, varied, idiomatic language. Deduct three (3) points per error occurrence up to a maximum of five (5) for items marked with an asterisk (*). | |||
| ___ | ___ | ___ | S1* Overuse of exclamation point ('screamers') |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | S2* Using inaccurate abbreviations/ symbols/clipped words |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | S3 Using clichés, trite phrases, inappropriate slang |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | S4 Unnecessary passive voice sentence contractions |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | S5 Unnecessary vague, abstract, esoteric language |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | S6 Unvaried sentence length and type |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | S7 Wordiness |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | S8 Awkward, non-idiomatic phrasing |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | S9 Paragraphing (too short or too long) |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | S10 Disorganized content; lack of unity and coherence |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | S11 Titles of articles awkwardly worded or vague |
| ___ | ___ | ___ | subtotal |
Revised 7/98
